WhatsApp delete for everyone feature update

When you send a message on WhatsApp to someone by mistake, the delete message feature seems like a gift sent from heaven. WhatsApp Delete for Everyone feature is an absolutely useful feature of this application allowing you to delete your sent messages in an individual chat or in an group chat. This feature is specifically useful when you send a message to a wrong chat. Now, WhatsApp has updated its ‘Delete for Everyone’ feature and has modified its time limit. Here’s all you need to know about this new update of WhatsApp.

What is WhatsApp delete for everyone time limit?

Since October 2017, WhatsApp is letting its users to unsend messages in 1:1 chats as well as group messages. However, there is time limit within which you can delete your WhatsApp messages and beyond that, it would be impossible to delete the message for your recipient.

The time frame within which one can unsend a message on WhatsApp used to be 7 minutes. It means that if you reached beyond that 7 minutes, there was no taking it back and you couldn’t unsend a message once it was sent. Another point to mention here is that WhatsApp delete for everyone works only if the two ends of the conversation both have the latest version of WhatsApp.

But now with the latest feature of WhatsApp application, the time limit for WhatsApp delete for everyone has significantly increased.

the 7 minute time limit for deleting a message has now increased to one hour, eight minutes, and 16 seconds! So, what do you think? Is it a good feature or you find it annoying? Let me know in the comments.

How to use WhatsApp delete for everyone feature?

The ‘delete for everyone’ feature on whatsApp allows you to delete a message you have sent for an individual or a group. So, if you have sent a message to the wrong chat or the message you have sent contains a mistake, this feature can be extremely handy for you to fix it.

When you successfully delete a particular message for everyone, the message will be replaced with “This message was deleted” in your recipients’ chats. In addition, if you see “This message was deleted” in a chat, it means that the sender has deleted their message for everyone.

Here are the steps you can take in order to use the WhatsApp delete for everyone feature:

Launch WhatsApp application on your device.

Go to the chat that contains the message you want to delete.

Tap and hold on the message you want to delete. You can also choose multiple messages to delete.

Tap the trash can icon from the top of the screen and then choose “Delete for everyone”.

You can also delete the message only for yourself. Here’s how to do that:

Launch WhatsApp application on your device.

Go to the chat that contains the message you want to delete.

Tap and hold on the message you want to delete. You can also choose multiple messages to delete.

Tap the trash can icon from the top of the screen and then choose “Delete for me”.

WhatsApp delete for everyone not working

So far, you have found out that the new feature of WhatsApp allows you to delete your messages in a 1 hour 16 minutes time limit.

I also explained how you can delete a message for everyone. But one problem that many of you might have is “WhatsApp delete for everyone not working” or “WhatsApp delete for everyone not showing”. So what can we do about it?

On thing that you need to be aware of is that the WhatsApp delete for everyone feature does not work with quoted messages! The quoted message in WhatsApp chats will be still visible even after you have tried to delete it for everyone and even if the time limit has not exceeded. Also, there are other reasons why the delete for everyone feature might not be working.

This feature works only if the both sides (the sender and the receiver) have the latest version of WhatsApp. So, even if you have the latest version but your friend does not, the deleting feature will not apply to the receiver’s phone.

As the messages on WhatsApp are sent on the internet and in real time, chances are that your friends have read the message before you have deleted it.

It is impossible to delete a message after the receiver has seen it!

You should always remember the proof that you have deleted the message will always remain in the chat as the “This message was deleted” will appear when you delete a message.

I hope I have answered all your questions with regard to the WhatsApp delete for everyone feature. If any question is left unanswered, please let me know in the comments sections. I’d be happy to help.